Behold the Power of Destruction
Archenemy Schemes 4★ • common
- Set
- Archenemy Schemes
- Collector number
- 4★
- Rarity
- Common
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Jesper Ejsing
- Market price
- $5.88
What it does
When you set this scheme in motion, destroy all nonland permanents target opponent controls.
"I'd call that a successful first test. Golem! Rearm the Doom Citadel!"
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyNot legal
- VintageNot legal
- CommanderNot legal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerNot legal
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Where it came from
Behold the Power of Destruction was released in 2010 as part of the inaugural Archenemy product line for Magic: The Gathering. This set introduced the Archenemy format, a casual multiplayer variant where one player acts as the villain against a team of opponents. The scheme cards were designed to represent the villain's overwhelming power, providing game-altering effects that trigger at the start of the archenemy's turn to keep the pressure on the opposing coalition.
The art and design of the scheme were intended to capture the dramatic, high-stakes aesthetic of comic book supervillains. The artwork portrays a massive, devastating magical blast, emphasizing the card's function as a board-clearing mechanic that forces players to abandon their current strategies. While the card is mechanically specific to the Archenemy format, it is often cited by players as a quintessential example of the 'boss fight' experience the game designers aimed to foster within that specific format.
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